Interaction Curves for Circular Cylindrical Shells According to the Mises or Tresca Yield Criterion

Abstract

A circular cylindrical shell is subjected to uniform internal or external pressure and a constant axial tensile or compressive stress. The interaction curve constituting load combinations which just cause plastic flow of a rigid/perfectly plastic material depends upon the assumed yield criterion of the shell material. Close bounds on the interaction curve are found when the material yields according to either the Tresca or Mises criterion.